UncleFista
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 posted on 3/5/11 at 03:32 PM |
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Locost weight
We've been idly wondering what out car weighs for years, anyway my bro took it to be weighed today and it's lighter than we thought.
"book" chassis, zetec, type 9, steel floor etc.
Tony Bond / UncleFista
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Which suddenly flips, pinning you underneath.
At night the ice-weasels come...
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Bumble
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| posted on 3/5/11 at 03:48 PM |
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650kg
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dan__wright
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| posted on 3/5/11 at 03:53 PM |
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449.8 
FREE THE ROADSTER ONE…!!
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carpmart
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| posted on 3/5/11 at 03:58 PM |
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570kg?
You only live once - make the most of it!
Radical Clubsport, Kwaker motor
'94 MX5 MK1, 1.8
F10 M5 - 600bhp Daily Hack
Range Rover Sport - Wife's Car
Mercedes A class - Son's Car
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StevieB
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| posted on 3/5/11 at 04:59 PM |
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My Indy was 426kg according to the SVA front/rear axle weights. I don't think that adding the two together gives an accurate reading though.
When I do another build, my aim will to make as absolutely light as possible and aim for under 400 (without all the road going gubbins like lights,
reverse gear and other IVA pedantry). Should be doable with a bike engine.
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 3/5/11 at 05:12 PM |
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600Kg +/- 20Kg according to the local weighbridge
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loggyboy
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| posted on 3/5/11 at 05:17 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by StevieB
My Indy was 426kg according to the SVA front/rear axle weights. I don't think that adding the two together gives an accurate reading though.
Mathematically It should be.
And in practice I've weighed a whole car on a weigh bridge then checked axles, and corner weights by mving the car around and the sums were
pretty much spot on within a kilo or 2.
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Hellfire
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| posted on 3/5/11 at 05:41 PM |
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SVA weighs each axle individually, usually by dropping into rollers. The weight shifts and the combined weight of the vehicle does not equate to Axle
1 + Axle 2 weights.
For example; At SVA, our blade engined Indy had an axle 1 weight of 194kg and axle 2 weight of 220kg. The actual weight of the whole vehicle was not
414kg but nearer 500kg when weighed accurately
Phil
[Edited on 3-5-11 by Hellfire]
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Steve Hignett
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| posted on 3/5/11 at 08:59 PM |
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FFS Phil, don't be coming on here spouting all that crap about accurate weight figures and axle's not equalling the total weight, you will
make everyone who thinks they have a car under 450 kilos start to doubt their own weights, and realise that it's a load of crap until weighed
accurately... Y'know like on 3 paving slabs and £3.78 set of Tesco's finest range scales............
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scootz
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| posted on 3/5/11 at 09:01 PM |
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It's Evolution Baby!
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iank
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| posted on 3/5/11 at 09:27 PM |
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Come on don't burst peoples bubbles, you'll be saying that people overestimate their bhp and should go to a reputable rolling road
next.
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Never argue with an idiot. They drag you down to their level, then beat you with experience.
Anonymous
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franky
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| posted on 3/5/11 at 09:33 PM |
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it would work on a trike with 3 slabs if you zeroed the scales properly and had the weight of the slabs in the first place.
Food scales will do.
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dhutch
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| posted on 3/5/11 at 10:35 PM |
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For comparison.
Narrowbody westy, live rear, ali floor, 540kg
Daniel
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HowardB
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| posted on 1/6/11 at 07:33 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Steve Hignett
FFS Phil, don't be coming on here spouting all that crap about accurate weight figures and axle's not equalling the total weight, you will
make everyone who thinks they have a car under 450 kilos start to doubt their own weights, and realise that it's a load of crap until weighed
accurately... Y'know like on 3 paving slabs and £3.78 set of Tesco's finest range scales............
what if four sets of electronic "bathroom" scales were bought and the paving slabs left at Tesco, is it possible to sort the corner
weights?
thanks in advance,
Howard
Fisher Fury was 2000 Zetec - now a 1600 (it Lives again and goes zoom)
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